{"id":424701,"date":"2026-04-27T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/?p=424701"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:37:03","slug":"learnrecruitment-and-retention-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/child-welfare-blog\/learnrecruitment-and-retention-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about the 2026 Innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategies Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"has-arrow-mask-down ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-pad has-arrow-mask wp-block-group has-wider-padding has-sticky-radius has-0-9-background-color has-background has-arrow-mask has-arrow-mask-down ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-pad has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<header class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-0-9-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0af18515 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrowed-back\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/blog\">Back to Blogs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/es\/category\/child-welfare-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Child Welfare Blog<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-h-2-font-size\">Learn about the 2026 Innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategies Summit<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-first-md is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"ani-bottom has-arrow-mask-down has-arrow-mask wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lizzie-G.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Young woman with long hair in a dress stands at a podium delivering a speech.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lizzie-G.jpg 500w, https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lizzie-G-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/co4kids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lizzie-G-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-full-width-m has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-704e782a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Colorado Department of Human Services\u2019 Office of Children, Aging and Community Services and the National Center for Diligent Recruitment hosted a two-day foster care Recruitment &amp; Retention Summit on April 15 and 16, 2026. Over 100 county, Child Placement Agency, and community partners across the state gathered to learn effective strategies for recruiting and retaining foster parents. Local and national leaders shared their expertise. The training included a keynote address by foster care advocate Lizzie Guyberson and a \u00abLiving Experts Panel\u00bb featuring young adults with foster care experience and current foster parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Attendees rotated through five cohort workshops that provided practical tools. These workshops covered strategies for leveraging data for recruitment wins, specialized recruitment for youth with unmet complex needs, challenging recruitment assumptions, building equitable wraparound systems, and focused targeted recruitment roundtables for child-specific adoption and ICWA preferred homes. The event concluded with an interactive plenary session where attendees developed \u00ab90-Day Game Plan\u00bb strategies for implementation in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Here is what attendees had to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cI loved hearing that we need to develop our passion and focus on that knowing that we can\u2019t do it all,\u201d Lindsay Armstrong, A New World.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cRoss was a great speaker and we left with some tangible tips to aid in our recruitment,\u201d Broomfield County foster care staff.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cI enjoyed learning about the ICWA piece. We had a really good discussion,\u201d Melissa Van Kooten, Larimer County DHS.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cI loved the networking aspect. There are a lot of people here I know but there are a lot of people I don\u2019t know too,\u201d Jessica Condra, Hope and Home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cIn The Missing Piece. I learned that if a kid has one caseworker, they are 74% likely to return home and if they have two caseworkers, it drops to 10%. That really stuck with me,\u201d Cullen King, El Paso County.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cI really loved hearing from Lizzie who was in foster care. Her message was really powerful and I enjoyed hearing her thoughts about what makes a good foster parent,\u201d Natalie King, Adam\u2019s County.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s been great to see people from throughout the state in person and make those in-person connections,\u201d Julie Rudley, Weld County.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cOne of the panelists said something about how education and money doesn\u2019t equate to a better placement and that really stuck out to me,\u201d Beverly Toliver, SAFY.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cI learned the importance of knowing your numbers, numbers don\u2019t lie and they will tell you a lot about where you need to make improvements to recruit and retain families. Just allowing the data to drive your practice,\u201d Tawanna French, Denver County.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s been really beneficial to hear from lived experts and other professionals in the field because it\u2019s allowed me to feel reinvigorated in the work and bring new ideas to the agency,\u201d Ellie Payant, SAFY.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Thank you to everyone who attended. We encourage all 100+ county, Child Placement Agency, and community partners who convened over the last two days to immediately put their \u00ab90-Day Game Plan\u00bb strategies into action in their respective communities. Let\u2019s move forward, reinvigorated, and make tangible progress in recruiting and retaining the families our youth deserve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1kmCP5-arWCF_6qPrIxRb0bBPo4E7QK3x?usp=sharing\">Check out photos from the summit.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0884d4d2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/co4kids.org\/blog\">Back to 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